Kyle McGovern

January 13, 2014 –
Producers with the PBS concert series Austin City Limits recently shared a clip of Neko Case tearing into "Man," a gender-flipping fuck-you that can be found on the singer-songwriter's outstanding sixth album, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You.

January 13, 2014 –
Turns out Mac DeMarco was indeed goofing on us when he claimed (via super-NSFW video) that his next album is called Eddie's Dream. As Chart Attack points out, the slop-pop auteur said in a recent interview with Canadian radio station CKUA that his 2 follow-up is actually called Salad Days and it's "out in April, but I'm not supposed to say that."DeMarco also offered a sneak peek at the upcoming LP by performing three new songs during acoustic on-air live session. Stream the performance below, and skip to the 4:18 mark to hear the tender warning "Treat Her Better," move on to 8:38 for the vocal contortions of "Salad Days," and forward to 11:30 for "Let Her Go," an emotionally mature antidote to the "Give me pussy" mission statement DeMarco (hopefully) shared as a joke last week.The 23-year-old tunesmith also performed a few fresh tracks during an acoustic gig in Brooklyn on January 10.

January 13, 2014 –
Over the last few months, the Dum Dum Girls have shared one-and-a-half songs from their fast-approaching third album, Too True. First came "Lost Boys and Girls Club," then a preview of near-title track "Too True to Be Good," and now, ringleader Dee Dee Penny has let go of another full song from the Only in Dreams successor. Below you'll find "Rimbaud Eyes," a New Wavy nod to 19th-century French poet Arthur Rimbaud. The new track may resemble the Dum Dum Girls' 2011 single "Bedroom Eyes" in name, but its neon-goth color scheme (see the album's Bangerz-biting cover art) is a marked contrast to the sunny, lovelorn Phil Spector-rock the band once championed."I think historically my band is regarded as the band that does like Ramones-y songs and then drowsy ballads or something," Dee Dee said recently.

January 13, 2014 –
On January 12, while Matthew McConaughey continued his transformation into the Greatest Actor of His Generation by winning a Golden Globe for Dallas Buyers Club, HBO premiered the 44-year-old comeback king's latest project: True Detective. The new gothic anthology series stars McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as two Louisiana cops whose investigation of an occult-related murder spans 17 years. Viewers were eased into the surreal, Southern mystery via the Handsome Family's "Far From Any Road," a haunting highlight from 2003's Singing Bones that has found a second life as the hour-long drama's theme song.Below you'll find a stream of the full song, followed by a True Detective parody starring Warrior cats.

January 13, 2014 –
Bruno Mars will have some company during the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show. The "Gorilla" singer will joined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on February 2. The announcement came on January 11 during Fox's broadcast of the NFC Divisional Playoff game between the New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks, who scored a 23 to 15 victory.Red Hot Chili Peppers will be the first capital-R Rock band to play a Super Bowl Halftime show in four years, since the Who performed a greatest hits medley at Florida's Sun Life Stadium in 2010. Booking RHCP is more than likely a way to appease critics who felt that, with just two studio albums under his belt, Mars is too lightweight — or dare we say, Unorthodox — of an artist to follow relatively recent Halftime guests such as Madonna, Prince, U2, Paul McCartney, and Beyoncé.

January 13, 2014 –
Last year, the Family Crest teased the "grand sounds" of their upcoming sophomore album with The Headwinds EP. Now, the orchestral rock collective — a core group of seven led by founding member Liam McCormick that features more than 400 "Extended Family" members — have locked down a release date for their second full-length. The Kickstarter-funded Beneath the Brine will see the light on February 25, by way of Portland record label Tender Loving Empire. First, though, comes "The World," a masterfully arranged epic featured on the forthcoming LP. Stream it below.Beneath the Brine track list: 1. "Beneath the Brine"2. "The World"3. "Love Don't Go"4. "William's Dirge"5. "Howl"6. "The Water's Fine"7. "I Am The Winter"8. "She Knows My Name"9. "As We Move Forward"10. "When the Lights Go Out"11. "There's A Thunder"12. "Make Me A Boat"

January 13, 2014 –
NØMADS is a noise-rock duo formed by Nathan Lithgow — the recording and touring bassist for Inlets and My Brightest Diamond — and drummer Garth MacAleavey, who played percussion on the road for Inlets and who also serves as sound enigneer for the Philip Glass Ensemble and New York venue Le Poisson Rouge. On April 8, Brooklyn record label/collective Mecca Lecca will unleash NØMADS' debut album, Free My Animal. Produced, recorded, and mixed entirely by Lithgow and MacAleavey, the upcoming LP comes with the rocking "In the Mend," a fanged first taste that rains death from above, circa 1992. Hear it below, and for a chance to see NØMADS live, pick up tickets for their January 28 gig at Glasslands Gallery.

January 13, 2014 –
Warm Soda dropped their debut album less than a year ago, but the power-pop hellions already have a follow-up on the way. On March 11, California garage-rock hub Castle Face Records will release Young Reckless Hearts, the successor to 2013's Someone for You. Frontman Matthew Melton produced the 12-track set at his Fuzz City Studios in Oakland, and now he's shared the first sample from the upcoming LP. Scruffy swooner "When Your Eyes Meet Mine" is streaming below, followed by the cover art and track list to Young Reckless Hearts.Young Reckless Hearts track list:1. "Going in Circles"2. "Postcards"3. "Young Reckless Hearts"4. "Someday You Will Understand"5. "Forbidden Emotion"6. "Save This Dance for Me"7. "When Your Eyes Meet Mine"8. "The One I Need"9. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"10. "Things That We Said"11. "Will I Still Want You? (When I Find You)"12. "Stranger to Me"

January 12, 2014 –
There was no way U2 weren't going to win an award for a song about Nelson Mandela. And so it came to pass at the 71st Golden Globe Awards that the Irish stadium rockers took home the Best Original Song trophy for "Ordinary Love," their first new song in three years, written in honor of the late Nelson Mandela and featured in the Idris Elba-starring biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."This really is personal for us," Bono said during the band's acceptance speech. "This man turned our life upside down, right-side up, a man who refused to hate, not because he didn't have rage or anger or these things, but that he thought love would do a better job. We wrote a love song because it kind of is what is extraordinary about the film — it is kind of a dysfunctional love story. That's why you should see this film.

January 10, 2014 –
Who could resist a call-to-arms like "Scum, Rise!"? This anthem-to-be is extracted from Detroit punks Protomartyr's sophomore album, Under Color of Official Right, due on April 8 and collecting 14 pummeling tracks into the band's first full-length for Hardly Art. To help (un)ease the wait, the foursome — singer Joe Casey, guitarist Greg Ahee, bassist Scott Davidson, and drummer Alex Leonard — have fired off this single, which undercuts its rebellion with a cruel reminder: "There's nothing you can do." Stream "Scum, Rise!" below and scroll further for the full track list to Under Color of Official Right.Under Color of Official Right track list:1. "Maidenhead"2. "Ain't So Simple"3. "Want Remover"4. "Trust Me Billy"5. "Pagans"6. "What the Wall Said"7. "Tarpeian Rock"8. "Bad Advice"9. "Son of Dis"10. "Scum, Rise!"11. "I Stare at Floors"12. "Come & See"13. "Violent"14.